02/12 Photos of the week

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Miguel Vidal/Reuters

Carnival revelers dressed as "Peliqueiros" run along a street in the village of Laza, Spain, Febr. 11. "Peliqueiros", or ancient tax collectors, pursued villagers through the streets ringing their cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks.

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Leo Correa/AP

Mud covered revelers play in the mud during the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Feb. 10.

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Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau/AP

A girl greets Booga, a 125-pound loggerhead sea turtle that was subsequently released off the Florida Keys Feb. 10, at Sombrero Beach in Marathon, Fla. The turtle was discovered by a commercial fisherman in late September 2017, entangled in a lobster trap line. It was transported to the Turtle Hospital where it underwent surgery to remove a damaged right rear flipper and to recovered.

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Jae C. Hong/AP

Members of the United States team walk during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 9

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Youssef Boudlal/Reuters

People attend a demonstration against the lack of jobs and poverty in Jerada, Morocco, Feb. 10.

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AP

A farmer inspects a missile, which according to the Lebanon national news agency is part of a Syrian air defense missile targeting an Israeli warplane, in Hasbani village, southwest Lebanon, Feb. 10. Lebanon is protesting Israel's use of its airspace to target Syria, saying it will complain to the U.N. Security Council.

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Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Participants fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea, Feb. 11.

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SpaceX/Reuters

A cherry red Tesla Roadster automobile floats through space after it was carried there by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy on Feb.9.

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Robert F. Bukaty/AP

A four-man toboggan team called the Ray Bandits makes its first run during the U.S. Toboggan Championships, Feb. 10, in Camden, Maine.

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Reuters

Chief of Women's Special Operation Battalion, Major Alia Abdulla Ahmad (l.) inspects her female crew as they get ready for their daily training, at an undisclosed location, in Bahrain, Feb. 7.

Britain's Prince Charles inspects troops and meets Private Derby XXII, a Swaledale Ram and the Regimental Mascot, during a visit to The Mercian Regiment at their barracks in Bulford, Wiltshire, Britain, Feb. 9.

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Damian Dovarganes/AP

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (l.) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take a hike in the Hollywood hills after a news conference at the Griffith Observatory, Feb. 10, in Los Angeles.

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Pedro Nunes/Reuters

Brazilian big wave surfer Lucas Chianca passes over a wave during the Nazare Challenge championship at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, Feb.10.

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Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/AP

Air bubbles photographed in the frozen water surface in the Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover, Germany, Feb. 9.

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Amit Dave/Reuters

Brides display their hands decorated with henna around a bride during a mass marriage ceremony where 70 Muslim couples took their wedding vows, in Ahmedabad, India, Feb. 11.

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Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Commuters arrive and depart the Chicago's La Salle Street train station as a winter storm makes its way through several Midwest states Feb. 9.

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Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

Revelers from the Mocidade Alegre Samba School take part in Carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 11.

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Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters

A hunter holding his tamed golden eagle rides a horse during an annual competition at Almaty hippodrome, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 8.

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Valentin Flauraud/Keystone/AP

A man dressed with the traditional "straw men" costume and a devil mask prepares to parade during the carnival through the alpine village of Evolene, Switzerland,Feb. 11.

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Central News Agency/AP

A residential building leans on a collapsed first floor following an earthquake on Feb. 7 in Hualien, southern Taiwan. Rescue crews continue to try to free people from damaged buildings after a strong earthquake hit near Taiwan's east coast and killed at least four people.

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Ariel Schalit/AP

An African migrant with a painted face protests in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzeliya, Israel, on Feb. 7. African asylum seekers are protesting an Israeli plan to deport them. Israel says thousands of migrants have 60 days to accept an offer to leave the country for an unnamed African destination (known to be Rwanda) in exchange for $3,500 and a plane ticket. Those who don't leave by April 1 will be incarcerated indefinitely.

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Martin Meissner/AP

Revelers in costumes sing during a celebration for the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, on Feb. 8. The first day of celebrations is mainly for women and girls.

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Jens Meyer/AP

Baby gorilla Kianga plays with young gorilla Diara at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany on Feb. 7.

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Francois Mori/AP

A man wearing a rabbit suit rides his snowboard down the Montmartre hill, with the Sacre Coeur Basilica in background, on Feb. 7 in Paris. Heavy snowfall has caused major travel disruptions in the northern half of France.

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Erik De Castro/Reuters

Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers perform during the start of the 22nd Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines, on Feb. 8.

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Aly Song/Reuters

People visit lantern decorations for the upcoming Chinese New Year in Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 8.

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Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

Members of the opening committee prepare for the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria, on Feb. 8.

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Frank Augstein/AP

An employee works in a pond between orchid displays at Kew Gardens in London on Feb. 8. The 23rd annual Orchid Festival is the first one with a Thailand theme. Sixty-six volunteers worked on the 6,950 exhibited orchids. The festival is open from Feb. 10 until March 11.

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Shizuo Kambayashi/Reuters

Vice President Pence meets members of US military services and Japan Self-Defense Forces at US Air Force Yokota base in Fussa, Japan, on Feb. 8.

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John Locher/AP

Japan's Shane Williamson prepares for a speed skating training session prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 7.

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Mark J. Terrill/AP

Phoenix Suns forward Dragan Bender (lower l.), of Croatia, reaches for a rebound along with Los Angeles Lakers forward Corey Brewer (top), and forward Larry Nance Jr. during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Feb. 6 in Los Angeles.

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Satish Kumar/Reuters

An investor looks at the screen at the Dubai International Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Feb. 7.

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Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Vintage and classic cars are displayed ahead of the Bonhams' Les Grandes Marques du Monde vintage motor cars and motorcycles auction at the Grand Palais exhibition hall, as part of the Retromobile vintage car show, in Paris on Feb. 7.

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Adnan Abidi/Reuters

A mahout bathes his elephant in the polluted water of the Yamuna river in New Delhi on Feb. 6.

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Bilal Hussein/AP

Kurdish demonstrators chant slogans during a protest in front of the US embassy in Aukar, east Beirut, Lebanon, on Feb. 5 against the operation by the Turkish Army aimed at ousting the US-backed Kurdish militia from the area in Afrin, Syria.

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Pavel Golovkin/AP

Snow-covered Red Square and the Spasskaya Tower are seen after a storm in Moscow on Feb. 5. A weekend-long snowstorm delayed flights, cut power supplies to nearby villages, and prompted authorities to call a snow day – a highly unusual occurrence in the frost-resistant Russian capital.

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Amit Dave/Reuters

A man removes stalks from red chili peppers at a farm in Shertha village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on Feb. 5.

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Gregg Newton/Reuters

Indiana University student Constance Strawn gets ready to watch her first SpaceX launch, several hours before liftoff of the first Falcon Heavy rocket, from a vantage point in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Feb. 6.

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Steve Bloom/The Olympian/AP

Mariachi Huenachi band and dancers from Wenatchee High School perform at the Capitol Rotunda in the legislative building in Olympia, Wash., on Feb 5. Their visit was coordinated with annual Latino Legislative Day events.

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Teresa Crawford/AP

Garth Dallman and Bill Kouchie (r.), both from the dinosaur restoration firm Research Casting International, Ltd., begin dismantling Sue, the Tyrannosaurus rex on display at Chicago's Field Museum, on Feb. 5 in preparation to move the towering display to a new exhibit and bring in a cast of an even larger dinosaur. Sue will appear in a new exhibition space in 2019.

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Jens Meyer/AP

People ski during winter weather in the Thuringian Forest near Oberhof, Germany, on Feb. 6.

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Alvaro Barrientos/AP

Farmer Jose Miguel checks his sheep inside an ancient stone house as snow covers the fields near Aldatz, northern Spain, on Feb. 5.

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Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

A man has his beard groomed at a street salon on the bank of the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 5.

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Sergei Grits/AP

A waxwing eats viburnum berries in the village of Karpavichi, Belarus, on Feb. 6.

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Bassam Khabieh/Reuters

Civil defense members and civilians run after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma, Damascus, Syria, on Feb. 6.

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Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Julian Assange's cat sits in a window at Ecuador's embassy in London on Feb. 6.